Improvement in lanterns



W.J.BBRRY.

Lantern. No. 100,845. Patented March 15, 1870.

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WILLIAMJQBERRY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent N 0. 100,845,1lated March 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN LANTERNS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WiLhIA J. BERRY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented and made a new and useful- Improve-.

. ment in Lanterns; andthe following is declared to be base and top of the lantern, taking around the wire hoop of the frame at top and bottom so as to connect the parts firmly, but allow of the separation of the parts by unhooking the clamps to-allow of removing the glass. I I

.In the drawingl a is .the base of the lantern, adapted to receive a lamp of any usual character, and v b is the top of the lantern, to which the suspending-ring or handle 0 is connected,al1 as in ordinary lanterns. y

Figure lbeing a vertical section, and Figure 2 a sectional plan of the lantern at the line Around the upper part of, the. base a is a project ing ring-flange, d, the wire 2 in the edge of which receives the eyes .of the swinging clamping-hooks i, that. are made as shown separately in Figure 3, to hook over the lower wire hoop 7c of the frame or guard.

The flange at around the top part b. of the lantern lllll is provided with sin1ilar clampiug-hooks, i, swingin upon the edge wire 2, and booking over the upper hoop, It, of the guard-frame.

The glass 0 is of usual or desired character, setting into the top b, and bottom a.

The guard-frame is made of wire, the vertical ribs 'r having eyes turned at their ends so as to connect firmly with the top and bottom hooks k, and

s s are intermediate hoops, connected. by solder or otherwise with the ribs 2*. I

It is to be understood that the hooks i claspthe rings or hoops 70 between the points where the ribs 0' are connected, hence the hoops can be sprung by the action of the clasps and hold the parts firmly, because the eyes of the ribs '1' keep the hoops it from coming in contact with the sheet-metal flanges, and allow the hoops to be slightly bent by the action of the clamps i, so thatthe clasps will firmly hold the parts, but not be liable to be bent by sudden handling of the lantern, the hoops 7c acting as springs.

I claim as my invention- 1. The wire guard-frame surrounding the glass of the lantern, in combination with the clamping-hooks t'tha't swing upon the edge wires 2, as and for the purposes set forth.

' 2. The wire-guard frame made with ribs *r,.having eyes at their ends receiving the hoops 7c, in combination'with hooks to connect the frame to the top and bottom-portions of the lantern, substantially as specified.

Signed by me this 4th day of February, A. D.

. WILLIAM J. BERRY. Witnesses: A

CHAS. H. SMITH, GEO. T. PIXCKNEY. 

